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Supporting strong culture, supporting strong mental health.

In line with our commitment to community place-making, this week saw completion of a new, vibrant mural on a TeamHEALTH residential housing complex in Coconut Grove.

A new website has been set up to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's mental health, with information on social and emotional wellbeing, country, spirituality and homelessness.

COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of community-based services in helping people with mental health issues stay well, new research shows.

The effects of recurrent lockdowns, fears about the effectiveness of the vaccines, restricted movement within and beyond Australia, and the bleak economic outlook are taking their toll on psychological well-being.

Mental suffering for many is still a taboo subject, but unlike many physical ailments, it can be difficult to suggest your loved one get help.

In just one month three helplines were contacted 140,000 times, and 7.2m Medicare-subsidised services were delivered over six months

Young Australians who committed suicide were no longer receiving help, according to study.

Keeping well looks a little different for everyone, whether you live with a severe and complex mental illness, or experience periodic and circumstantial anxiety, our mental health impacts us all.

A person surviving a suicide attempt is at heightened risk of a future attempt, especially in the first six months after the attempt was made.

Did you know that on average 6 out of 8 suicides in Australia are men?

That 1 in 8 men will experience depression and 2 in 5 will experience anxiety (BeyondBlue) at some point in their lives?

This week is National Reconciliation Week!

The theme for this year is ‘In This Together’ and aims to remind us that whether in a crisis or in reconciliation we are stronger together.